Mahur or Mahurgad is a town and religious place in Nanded district of Maharashtra, India.

Brahmadev, Vishnudev and Lord Shiva once got a news about Anusaya Mata that there is no one more pious and pure as her.

When Renuka Mahar Devi refused to him that saying asking gift of your own choice by the guest visitor is uncalled.

Then the elderly people pacified him & asked him to do the last rites in Mahur under Dattatreya's guidance.

I am now telling something out of My affection to My Bhaktas... Matripura or "Matapur" in the Sahyadri mountain; here the Devi Renuka or Matapur Niwasini Jagdamba Devi dwells..."[4]Appasaheb Deshmukh was the ruler of Mahur sarkar and the sardar of gond King in the 12th century AD.

Raje Udaram, a Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin from Washim was the Jagirdar of Mahur.

In year 1616, both Lakhuji and Udaram deserted Malik Ambar to join Mughals.

She was maintaining the Jagirs in Berar province, viz., Mahur, Pusad, Washim, Malegaon, Umarkhed, etc.

Aurangzeb entrusted this Mahur-queen with the responsibility to quell the rebellion of Sardar Herchandrai.

It is believed that Renuka Mata, (the wife of Sage Jamadagni) was decapitated by her own son Parashurama and her head fell here.

The temple is considered as a Shakta pitha because of the mythology of Daksha yaga and Sati's self immolation.

[9] Shakta pithas are Durga or Adiparashakti shrines that are believes to have enshrined with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it and wandered.

It was one of the Sarkars (then district) with 20 parganas (towns) in Berar Subah (state) in Akbar's rule.

Raje Udaram Deshmukh and later his brave wife RaiBagan (Royal Tigress) were the rulers of Mahur.

Devdeveshwari mandir belongs to Mahanbhav Panth, basically called a nidra sthan (sleeping place) of Jagat Guru Shree Dattatreya Prabhu.

Daily Shree Dattatreya Prabhu will take nitya snan (daily bath) at meruwada talao (tank) in Mahur, bhiksha (the meal served to a sadhu or Indian monk) at Kolhapur, bhojan (lunch) at Panchaleshwar and get back to sleep in Devdeveshwar mandir Mahur (nidra sthan of God Dattatreya Prabhu).

There are Maharashtra state transport buses that go from Nagpur, Nanded, Kinwat, Yavatmal, Amravati, Akola and Pusad to Mahur.

For people from Mumbai and Pune visitors it is better to reach Nanded by train & take a Bus, Private car or taxi from there.

All types of accommodation facilities are available like lodges, hotels, government rest houses.

On auspicious occasions like Navaratris, Datta Pournima; Mahapuja is organised which is followed by Mahaprasad (Feast for the Pilgrims).